Pineapple Princesses began as a tribute to Ruby Borrowdale, the home economist behind the 'Golden Circle Tropical Recipe Book' tested in the Golden Circle kitchen and modified and updated in the Pineapple Princesses' test kitchens.
As Ruby said "pineapple is a versatile food" . . .
no fat, high in vitamin C and full of the flavour of Queensland sunshine. The blog continues as more and more pineapple recipes are discovered from around the world.

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Friday, 2 November 2012

It’s a Retro Cookoff ! Desserts.

Apricot Nectar is the dessert that my
mother Moira loved to create when entertaining guests in the '60s and '70s, complete with the
Crème de Menthe cream. So last night we relived the old days and made it once
again. Unfortunately we couldn’t buy any Crème de Menthe (which I think
deserves a comeback). We made do with a tad of food colouring! (A little food
colouring goes a long way!) I have included a photo of Mum’s recipe as it tells
its own story! We enjoyed the memories together, Anne.

These next two desserts are from Ruby Borrowdale’s
“Golden Circle Tropical Recipe” book which I choose for their sheer decorative
potential and hey, how pretty are these! Anne.

Whispering Shells.

Spoon Golden Circle
Crushed Pineapple into a shallowround dish. Place a large strawberry ice cream
scoop in centre and surround with button meringues to resemble shells. Dust
over with green tinted coconut and top the ice cream with a cherry.

6 comments:

These are wonderful, Anne. Green-tinted coconut! It's strange how minty flavours have disappeared from fruity desserts - so many recipes in my collection have creme de menthe in them with all sorts of things you wouldn't think would go together. (Also curacao - that was wildly popular in cooking once). I remember a road trip with my parents and their friends in the 1970s where we kids got to go on a pub crawl (innocent days!) and the adults had Grasshopper cocktails (creme de menthe, creme de cacao and cream), which I thought the height of sophistication! I've posted my Retro Meal at http://unusualcoleslaw.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/its-retro-cook-off.html

Thanks for joining in, please don't forget to add your link to our blogs so others can see what you've whipped up. I know they'll all love what you've done. I do.

Whispering Shells is pretty, gorgeous in fact. Pineapple Paradise certainly lives up to its name, and I think it's lovely you included one of your Mum's recipes. I will def give them all a whirl in the Kylie O Test Kitchen!

Btw, you have proved that not all retro recipes are revolting (only most of them are! Ha!)

p.s. I think it's a crime you can't buy Creme de Menthe. What's the world coming to?!

I love the look of Moira’s Apricot Nectar. Not revolting at all. I like how your recipe note is all loved up to death. The handwriting is similar to my Grandmothers. My recipe has a card that sort of looks like this too.

Hi there! Your desserts look so great! I would happily eat all of them! I have an old family choc pudding recipe almost identical to yours of my mums which I now make. You can't beat a self saucing pudding!! Are you happy for me to add your link over on my blog too? (Ps I also love the 'loved' family recipe. Sign of a well loved, tasty dish!)